Tag Archives: Pierre Rolland

The 2011 Tour de France was animated by Thomas Voeckler’s valiant attempts to cling to the Yellow Jersey he acquired during Stage 9. Leaving behind their luckless breakaway companions, Voeckler placed second in the stage to Luis Leon Sanchez. This gave him enough of a time buffer to fight, tooth and nail, for the next … Continue reading →

Just about every French team preview includes some variation on the line “Team X comes to the Tour de France hoping for a stage win or two and maybe a top-10 GC-placing for Rider Y.” At last year’s Tour de France, Europcar set a new standard with Pierre Rolland winning a stage atop Alpe d’Huez … Continue reading →

Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, August 2, 2011 Thomas Voeckler tops European Tour standings despite non-inclusion of Tour performance Stijn Vandenbergh and Martin and Peter Velits to Quick Step for 2012 Sylvain Chavanel re-ups with Quick Step for two more seasons Rolland: The Next Step Is To Win The Tour Lotto: Ridley promises … Continue reading →

Going into today’s Stage 20, the names Fignon and Lemond were on everyone’s mind, as people pondered whether Leopard-Trek’s Andy Schleck would fall, Fignon style, to BMC’s Cadel Evans by the scantest of margins in this final individual time trial. As predicted, Schleck did lose the yellow jersey to Evans, but not by the handful … Continue reading →